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NOW FEATURING The EPROM SERVICES Dual Centronics Interface for

TS1000/ZX81. This card is port mapped, using the 8255 PIA chip.
It provides two standard Centronics configured ports, 1 for Output to
printer, the other for data input. A 32 byte PROM on the I/F overrides
the ROM printer routines, and redirects these commands to driver
software located elsewhere. This I/F FULLY supports BASIC LPRINT,
LLIST, and COPY statements, including COPY as direct command.

Driver software included: loads above RAMTOP, but can be relocated
to work in REM statement OR the 8-16K block. Two translation options
provided: INVERSE=CAPS, or inverse= lower case. We will have the
Printer Toolkit for this I/F within the next month: provides highly
enhanced driver software, and several powerful utilities. |

E/S Centronics is a cartridge-type card. Supplied with "T-dock"-type
connector: permits piggybacking RAM, etc. I/F can be removed or
inserted WITHOUT disturbing other peripherals.

E/S Centronics W/ T-dock: $89.00 CAN. + $1.50 P&H

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TS2040 Printers: $70.00 DELIVERED

TS1000 Computers: $55.00 DELIVERED

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In the pasti few months Gur Club has Started exchanging
newsletters with about 18 стег Туз User Groups. There if much
interesting and useful zturr іп these newsletters, So much sa
that I have started circulating them among key club members, I
sau Кеч members, What I mesn is that I have routed them to
members Who, in my estimation, Would benefit the club most by
being aware of wha Other ciubs gre doing.

2. UMelner Fair’ I'm not so suce, You will have to
forgive me. nou iki extend this routing to others
in the club 3 F-toun members.

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If you have an article you would like published in the newsletter,
give it to any member of the executive during the meeting or mail
it to SINC-LINK c/o J. Roach, 33 Dundalk Drive, #23

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UPDATED TOPICS: With all the TS activity around
everyone Should be familiar with all the latest "goodies"
entering the market for the 752068, i.e. the Spectrus Ro» issue
(Romswith, Emulators and Rom replacement) which is still
unsettled due to the number of Spectrum programs which either
will not Joad or will nnt run properly. For example, I cannot
load Hisoft C and I cannot run Airwolf after it is loaded (and
this is with 10k pullup resistors on data lines 0, 91, 93, 14,
DS, 06, D7 to Vec). There is also the matter of running Spectrum
hardware, which at the moment only runs using the Emu Emulators
(which fit into the cartridge port), More on this subject
further оп in this article.

Another interesting topic concerns mass storage, either by
Sinclair Microdrive or by the sew Rotronics Vafadrive, The U.S.

prices for each is (reasonably) comparable to the U.K. prices
(well, almost), One new company that is REALLY holding their
ptices down is THE ENGLISH MICRO CONNECTION, 15 Kilburn Court,
Newport, Rhode Island 02840, U.S.A., telephone 401-849-3805. ЕМС
is an agent for several U.K. hardware companies. This means ENC
takes your order asd the item is shipped directly from the U.K.
to you. This is a good idea if you do not know what item is
available and where it can be purchased. I will be giving a copy
of their catalogue to nur Library for members to peruse. ENC
does carry Spectreum software in stock, at almost U.K. prices. I
talked at some length with Bob Dyl of EMC and this man is а
fountain of information regarding the U.K. market. He will be
carrying the Timex Portugal 12048 for $159.95 and the Timex Dist
Drives upon their release in the U.S. in June . The price is

$239.95 for the first drive with interface and $125.00 for the
second drive. He is presently taking orders. There іс also а
hardware item available which converts both the 152068
configuration and voltages to the Spectrum specification. The
sinple way to perform this yourself is to look in the last issue
of SINC-LINK {second last page) at the drawings for all three
edge connectors. From this you can see the wiring required and
also where to install the two regulators {9 and 12 volt) fed
from the 15у on the 752058 bus. The commercial item available
from EMC is а "Microdrive Interface" which is supposed to run
in conjunction with the Romcwitch, This means that all of us
with the Romswitch will not have to buy an Emulator!

TS2068: There is really a lot either happening now or

about to happen, An interesting example of a new product is the
ZEBRA SYSTEMS KDALA PAD. This is a reasonably sophisticated
method of transferring patterns/artwork to either а printer (32
or 80 column) or to memory. Once I get the hang of both the
Koala and the TECH DRAW software I will give a demo at one nf
our 2048 nights, While on the subject of ARTVORKX, I must say
that one of the BEST programs on graphics, that I have seen, was
demo'd at our April 17 meeting by the author, David Ridge. This
program wil] be carried by RAMEX and retailed at $19.95 U.S. for
the 152068. The Spectrum version is forthcoming. 16 has several
features that TECH DRAV does not have and lets you perform all
this using a joystick. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! RAY KINGSLEY has his
new Exrow out. This version will be of more use once we have the

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ability to bank switch and our 2048 becomes our 182192, Ra
Kingsley can be contacted at SINWARE P.0. Box 8032, Santa Fe, N

87504, The price tor the Ехгов is $16.00 {US}. This ROM (eprom)
can be installed without either soldering or altering your
152068, He also says that he is working on a true 44 column
screen for the 152048/152192.

TS1000: 109 live the Т91000/7Х81! It appears that some
people believe this, as the market is not quite dead yet. A
couple of interesting items are available. Tom Bent, editor of
SincWare News has a version of the ROM available from Thomas В.
Woods. This version corrects the LPRINT and the DIVIDE bugs, the
SCROLL command and even makes the Q, ¥,V and К easy to read. It
installs without modifying your 7Х81/151000, The two of us that
have and use this item are pleased with it and we are even used
to the computer initializing in the FAST mode. There is a new
piece of software for the 2X81 and what a piece it is! It is
called SINC-ARTIST 1.3 and is by CALLISTO SOFTWARE 924 2nd St.
East, Saskatoon, Sask. S7H IRI. HIGHLY RECOMMEMDED!! Ian Singer
will be carrying it (INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEMS, 30 BRODKMOUNT ROAD
TORONTO NAL ЗМІ, 416-699-6380). I also see references to a MTERM
П software program for the TS2050 Modem. If this is true it
should encourage those that would like а Modem, but are
resisting buying а 152048 just to access a smart anden, 1 happen
to like the 7510007182050 combination, I even have HTERM on
eprom for fast loading. Both MÜDEMS are available from IDS.

SPECTRUM: Anyone that is using BETA BASIC 1.6 and would -
like the clock function tn keep North American 40 hz time can

simple Роке 56966,60 (the tics per second address). Brian

Hammond has talked ве into using the clock/alare function to

control timings (computer and social) while working at the

keyboard. And guess what - it works! Brian says "if you have a

computer and the software, why not get into the habit of using

ther’. Thank you Brian, Print and Plotter have a revised version

of Paintbox out, it is called PAINT PLUS and includes 24 new

commands. It will have to be good to match ATRUORKX! How would

you like to have а Spectrum Plus? According to Bob Dy!
weabers nf the Ocean City Users Group are running Spectrums,
This is done by using a X8] 9v 1 amp. power supply алі
changing to the Spectrum connecter. It runs on channel 36. The
Spectrum Plus has a 58 key keyboard with lots of single entry
capability. At the momeant I’m thinking about getting one алі
quite possibly either the Sinclair Microdrives or a disc system

and would appreciate any comments,

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EDITORIAL COMMENT: Ном that the TS HARKET 15 in
the midst of a miniboom, we enthusiasts should take note of а
statement issued by the Prime Minister of Japan. He asked each
aM every citizen of Japan to spend $100.00 om imported items
during the coming year. I think it behooves each and every 15.
USER to spend a little loot on some software or hardware during
the currect year, If we do not, ^ jt is possible our computer
rould die (marketwise that is). The present healthy state of the
marketplace indicates that a lot of users are buying. I sure do

my share!

BELATED INTRO:

After reading ay last article, зове of you will be wondering
what direction this column aight take. In this and future
colusns, you will find information on the latest hardware
additions, projects, and reliable parts sources. Plus reviews
of new software, books, and other sources of support for иг
Computer: the 1481 and T51000. Hence the new title.

Exploration of the workings of machine code will be pursued,
along with воље advanced BASIC applications.

I will atteapt to answer letters from readers. Suggestions
for future subjects will be considered. Some letters will be
published, but if you expect a personal reply, you MUST
include SASE.

ON WORDPROCESSING:

]t is clear that with the addition of a real keyboard, à
suitable printer interface, and good software, the 181 CAN
indeed become a wordprocessing machine with — iapressive
capabilities!!

This is iaportant to ae, since in addition to preparing this
column, I write a LOT of letters, Well over half ау computer
tiae is spent processing text, To follow up on last issue's
lead: Word Sinc 11.4 [(c)P.Hargrave], written for the Meaotech
Centronics I/F, works as is, after a liaited fashion, with the
Epron Services I/F. Some customization is required to get full
use of printer escapes along with desired punctuation.

білсе last issue, I have nothing but good news in this area.

'- THIS ENTIRE PAGE was produced using WORD SINC 11.5.

With no small amount of help from Powell Hargrave, I have
written the "11.5 enhancements" for Word Sinc, In addition ta
the facilities of W.S. 11.4, this new version features
presettable left margin, auta Fora-Feed with each раде,
graphic logo design and custom font utilities, and a
printscreen utility which copies the screen as 11 characters
using printer graphics mode and the 1X ВОМ character
generator, Eabedded printer escapes are transparent to the
text justify routines.

8.5, 11.5 is written for the EPROM SERVICES Centronics I/F,
and contains coaplete built-in driver software for the I/F
card. Compatible printers include EPSON MX/RX80, STAR Gemini
101, Mannesaan Tally SPIRIT 80, and in fact just about any
EPSON workalike. |

The EPRON SERVICES I/F is very adaptable. The I/F card holds
a 32 byte PROM, which patches the ROM COPY#D routine to driver
code that may run above RANTOP, or in the 8-i6K area. Having
the actual code in RAM aakes it easy to POKE in CALLs to the
new subroutines which provide graphics, custom font, and lett
margin features.

Although the МЕМОРАК I/F uses full EPRON driver code, I will
try to adapt ay new routines to it in the near future. Further
refinements to Word Sinc will no doubt continue.

As soon as I can get final approval from Mr. Hargrave, and
complete the Prograa Manual, Word Sinc 11,5 will be available
from Integrated Data Systems, along with а separate printer
utilities toolkit package.

ERRATUM: TX PRO/FILE must be POKEd as for а 752040 printer to

work properly with the E.S. I/F, not with the МЕМОРАК code аз

stated last issue.
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& SOFTWARE NEWS
by PETER M MULLIN for T.T-3-U-C-

MORE VIDEO UPGRADE STUFF:

John Oliger’s ZX@1 Video Upgrade has attracted a lot of
attention lately. Contrary to ay postulations last issue, the
Interrupt Vector is still used by the video system. Thus, it
can’t be used to service other hardware interrupts, at least
not if you need video!

All the other good things are true, though. The kit version
is now supplied with single ЧУ, (4516) video RAM, so no extra
power supply is needed.

John Oliger has supplied me with a very siaple sodification
for the Gladstone 64K RAM, which makes it compatible with his
scheae to run machine code above $C000 (48K), This will be
printed next issue if sufficient interest exists.

Mr. Diger has several offerings for the 1181/T81000,
including a great 64K RAM, EPROM Burner and Reader cards, à
printer I/F, and Motherboards to plug everything into, Al} his
products are available as bare PC board only, or with a
complete parts kit.

The VDP, its crystal, and the required new ROM are NOT
included with the Video Upgrade Kit, and aust he purchased
separately. Here аге сове good sources:

JAMECO ELECTRONICS INC.
2175 ave d'ürleans,
MONTREAL, Р.0: НІМ 351
1-(800)-351-8080 toll free

Јавесо sells the T.I. ТИБУФЕВАН VOP for $9.95 each.
They also have very good prices on aemory ICs. Exaaples are
2764 EPROMS @ $5.75, HMOIIBLPS static RAMS 8 $4.79. Janeco
will accept telephone orders, and are pleasant to deal with.
Catalogue is free.

SAYAL ELECTRONICS

3791 Victoria Park Ave. #8,

SCARBOROUGH, Ont. МІН IK

(416) 494-8999
Sayal has the 10.7388HHz, video crystal in stock for under
$5.00. They get an At rating as a hobbyist parts supplier.
I have found 745 ICs and 180 peripheral ICs at SAYAL wher
everyone else in town was out of stock, and the prices ari
often the best around. Paul Sayal tells me he has a new M
page catalogue, free for the asking. Significant discounts art
offered on quantity orders 210 pieces.

You will need to provide your own new system ROK, which ausi
be burnt into a 2764 EPROM. Although John Oliger supplies
cassette tape (for Џ.5,66,95) with all his КОМ video cod
aodifications, it is up to you to burn your own EPROM. Ther
are other ROM debugs and enhanceaents which can also be вай
at this tiae: see this months SYNCBITS colum, by la
Robertson.

For those who do not wish to invest. іп ап EPRON burne
(c'aon guys- well worth it!), I aay be able to provide thi
service for a noainal fee. 7

You will need to obtain the sanuals on the Video Displa
Processor itself. These manuals are available FREE from yov
local Texas Inatruments Gales Office. (don?t до to а T.I
Distributor: distributors will charge you for these books)

Phone T.I., 280 Centre St.E., Richaond Hill, LAC 181,

(415) 884-9181, and ask for aicroprocessor literature support
Request Publication# MPO10A; The 9900 Series Video Displ:
Processors Data Manual, and Pub.# SPPUOO4: the Video Displi
Processors Pragrasser's Guide. Ап absolute wealth с
infnrastinn ix contained in these manuals!

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ЯНН1 NEWS cont...
It is exciting to note that if sufficient interest in the

Video Upgrade is generated and зове enterprising programmers
catch on, а new wave of high-speed, enhanced video software
could spring up to take full advantage of the new VIP
capabilities. 1 will be in contact with user groups across the
continent in an attempt to locate, or initiate а VOP 516.
For details on ordering your Video Upgrade kit and other
hardware, write to:
The John üliger Со,
11401 Whidbey Dr.,
Cumberland, IN 44229
U.S.A
When writing to John, or any other 7/18 supplier, always
include а SASE. If writing to the U.S. or U.K., send SAE and
Postal Reply Coupons- get "еа at the Post Office. This is
generally appreciated and greatly increases your chance of
receiving a reply.

CENTRONICS PRINTER BUFFER

FINALLY: a great "dedicated" application for one of those
extra ZXBis you have hidden in a closet!

One of the major drags in wordprocessing (ог spreadsheeting
or file output) is having your computer “tied up" during long
printouts. The solution is a "printer buffer" or "print
spooler" which usually consists of a microprocessor, some RAM,
and operating software which allows printer data to be sent to
the extra RAM all at once. Then, the data can be sent along at
printer speed, while the "host" coaputer is free to work on
the next task at hand. In upcoming issues, J will present a
construction project consisting of a dual-Centronics
configured port, and EPROM reader. Software will be developed
to allow input, storage, and output of ASCII data via
Centronics communication,

The goal is a "smart" 16K or 44K print spooler ог "sideways
ВАМ“ which can be used with ANY Coaputer-Printer or Data
Acquisition systea using standard Centronics protocols.

Stay Tuned!

NOTEWORTHY SUPPLIERS:

BUDGET ROBOTICS & COMPUTING

BOX 18414, Tucson, AZ 85731 U.S.A.
.. shave acquired marketing rights for the Competer Continuas
Buffered Bus Expansion Board, as well as the ZODEX АХВ!
parallel 1/0 card. The Bus Board is U.8.$40.00 for bareboard

and manual, $42. for a partial kit, $80. for the complete kit.

Тһе bareboard seems like the best deal. Watch for more details
on this interesting company.

TORONTO SOFTWARE WORLD

P.D. BOX ВА, Agincourt

Ont. MIS 3B4
«sère handling the Hi Res prograss for 7Ж81/151000 troa
Software Fara in U.K. This includes 3 reportedly excellent
gases which will be reviewed here shortly.

SIRIUS WARE

6 Turningaill Rd.

Lexington, HÀ 02173 U.S.A.

.is operated by Dave Wood. Dave has written a wordprocessing
ав called WORD* for ZX81. In the process of documenting
his program, he wound up writing a book entitled Machine
Language Prograsaing On The 151000, Both the book and the
prograa have received excellent reviews elsewhere. 1 hope to
have copies to review soon. D.

HOT BASIC no.1
Have you ever wished the INKEY$ function could be used ta

check for a combination of two keys depressed at once?

Take heart, there is a nice way around this problem, The
SYSTEM VARIABLE called LAST K, located at 15421-15422, returns
a unique nuaeric value between 0 and 85553 for any key
pressed, and also for just about any aulti-key combination!
Therefore, in a program, you can use

PEEK 16421+256# PEEK 14422 instead of INKEY$. А practical
example aight be using this to get a “diagonal” result by
pressing two cursor keys at once.

This short listing will let you find values for different
combinations of keys, and see how the principle works,

10 PRINT AT 5,0; "PRESS A KEY COMBINATION,"
20 PRINT AT 9,5; "CURRENT LAST-K VALUE*

30 LET K= PEEK 1442142548 PEEK 15422

40 PRINT АТ 10,105" АТ 10,103 K

50 6070 30

Note: In LINE 40, 5 spaces between the quotes, You can record
the values you get for use in your own prograas. Note that the
"current" value is shown ONLY while you have the key(s)
depressed.

HOT BASIC по.%

Here is another exaaple of How It Pays To Know Your System
Variables.

The infamous 0 REM machine code line can cause probleas if
it has had the two "NEWLINE" codes POKEd in to make the
aachine code disappear from the listing. You aay find that
while you can LIST a different line number, if you ENTER a new
line, or do some EDITing, that 0 REM keeps popping up again
and again. Very distracting, isn’t it?

We can fix the problea by POKing the SYSTEM VARIABLE called
S TOP, at 16419. It holds the value of the top line number іп
automatic listings. To do it, first determine the line nuaber
of the first "normal" BASIC line after the machine code. For
our example, let's say this is line 5. Follow these steps:
LIST 9999 & ENTER
POKE 14419,5 & ENTER

LIST 5 & ENTER
Voila! So long as you don’t get careless and enter "LIST"

without a line nuaber, the display listing will behave
noraally.

This technique can be useful in regular BASIC programaing,
too. Can you see how?

ARE YOU ONE OF THESE PEOPLE?

If you don't feel that you're "getting enough" out of -the
User Club, look for yourself in this little story by a famous
author called ANDN.

This Story is about 4 people named Everybody, Somebody,
Anybody, and Nobody.

There was an iaportant job to be done and Everybody was sure
that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have, but Nobody did.
Somebody got angry because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody
knew Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody
wouldn’t do it. IT ENDED UP that Everybody blamed Somebody
when Nobody did what Anybody rould have done.
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That's ау 12K worth for this issue! Until next tiae, have fun
with your coaputer.

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Тһе 4.1.0. 14" colour monitor
16 SOld bu Gladstone and bu
Consumers Distributing. I aot
mine at C.D. for $1580 less!!!
It iS apparently а substitute
to the one shown іп CD's 84785
cataloa but it mau replace it
Permanent!iu. For опіч $349 it
15 a bargain because it is
capable of composite video,
RGB video, of seperate video
and alto has a sound amplifier.

did, however , run into a few
faults.
Firstiu, there is a bad
misprint in the manual. If uou
connect the colours їг,9, 61
according to Jutan, попе of
them will be correct except
Uhite and black, The labeling
on the 8-pin DIM connector has
red, green & blue mixed up.
They Should be as illustrated
On the next раде.
The manual does not deal with
2068 signals, The circuit in
the 2068 Technical Manual gives
иг Combined H&U (horizontal &
Vertical) sync. This Should be
fad into the horizontal pin on
the Monitör., The ROB Mode
ча 1 СҺ Should be in the III
position.,
Lastlu, the seperate screen
adjustments inside mu manitor
шеге incorrectly adjusted. They
set the Level of еасн colour
чип and can be found on a
Circuit board mounted on the
CRT socket, These are Labeled
RED, GREEN and BLUE, I found
that Blue had to be turned
much higher then the others ta
aet a good white colour, It is
helpful to dizptau a band of
each colour when adjusting
these. Hote; when building the
Sunc seperator circuit. the
Last stage for vertical sunc is
not required,
In summary, it took a bit of
trial and error but the resutts
are crystal clear colours. Even
in 64 columns, the letters are
veru legible and have no
coloured halos around them.

FRED SCHRKEL
London Т/5 Club

DIN. SOCKET

PIN CONNECTIONS

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jóustick, Here are tua ideas on
Broviding s joystick port for а
TXB1 or a 2858 using the
Spectrum ПИ,
The First method does not
require building amy circuitry
but your joystick must be
пода 124, With the addition of
tua diodes апа a dpdt switch
„inside the joystick, it can be
used as a regular јаме а Ск ог а
cureor joystick. This
verzatiilitu would be hand for
а DOES, but for а 2х81 the
switch coutd be Left out.
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plugged in.
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due to the use nf 4066
bilateral suitches. Here the
joystick works on 5 valts апа
ite cable Length is not impor-..
tant. Anu Atari-type unit will
work, I built ту suitching
circuit әп a board 2,5"$.75"
and maumted it inzide the
KEubnard Where all the input ү
Lines шеге readilly available.
Then I ran a cable from there
to the maie joustick port which
was attached to the side of the
Computer,
How I am really tookina forward
із trying same f the thousands
of zoftuare titles fof the
Spectrum!
FRED SCHAREL
London Ти“ Club
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